Fake gun puts Watertown High School into lockdown, police say
Watertown High School went into a brief lockdown Friday while police investigated a report of a possible firearm on school grounds, according to police.
The lockdown began at 9:06 a.m. Friday morning when the Watertown Police Department received a report of a possible firearm in a vehicle at the school.
The lockdown was lifted after police determined the suspected object was a facsimile firearm and there was no threat posed to the school, police said.
A full search of the building was conducted and no other issues were found, police said.
